Marshal Chang Tso-lin has become tired of waiting, and after several exhortations to Marshal Wa, has now definitely declared he can wait no longer, and has ordered the advance of his troops into Honan, Immediately all of the quarrelsome under-generals signed a secret agreement to unite under the leadership of Gen. Chin Yun-ao to oppose te entry of the Fengtien troops, and since they are short lof funds and ammunition, have! journed to the South for help. It is} stated that the Southerners have! Jagreed to their terms, one of which that the Nationalist troops shall] not advance north of Sinyangehow for the present. It is significant that the senior generals have not} igned this agreement, and some of them have now definitely committed themselves to the side of Fengtien.
The Fengtien troops now occupy all the district north! of the Yellow River, and the Shangtung troops, under Ges, Sun Ten-ying, a Honanese, now occupy the Lunghai Railway from Suchowfu almost to ig, and are spreading out the districts south of the railway] in eastern Honan. Gen, Mi Chen lao, the head of the Yi Chun troops, has drawn niost of his men back from the country districts to Kaifeng, and having been appointed fad of the Fengtien army, it has been decided that be and' his Yi Cham troops, who now form part of the 18th army, shall protect the city] of Kaifeng. This will mean that Kaifeng will have little to fear} unless the Fengtien troops meet! with defeat at the hands of the Southerners.
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